If you've lost your exercise/running mojo, come on in for a Christmas countdown .....

Two swims over the last two days, almost 6k in total. Plus 10K steps each day.

Yep! It all counts!

Gym for me this morning. Upped the weights a bit. Also had to get a 65 inch tv off the wall and into the car so that’s gotta be a bit of extra muscle 🤣

17k steps including a GFWR workout, plus ten minutes of yoga. I am free styling this now and given up on YWA, but it still counts, right?

Got out to run this morning but 2.5km in got really bad stomach cramps and had to walk home again - at least I tried!

TOday has been a write off - originally planned to swim and that didn't happen and then thought I'd do a 5k Jeff but DC1 popped home from uni. However I got a 12k Jeff in yesterday. Interestingly for those trying to increase their Jeffing intervals my 12k at 90:30 was SLOWER than my 12k 2 weeks ago at 60:30. There is some weird magic about Jeffing that I haven't yet got my head around. Have rehearsals and a concert tomorrow pm so need to get my butt out for a run in the morning.

Well done, @slightlysoreboobs ! I always think of that TikTok sound that says “keep showing up”.

An annoying day here for various reasons but 12k steps, a Fit With Rick 30 minute workout, and a load of yoga stretches. Halfway through healthy for 30!

I did it!!! Well, kind of did it. I’m actually really proud of myself: tough day at work then had the second shift to deal with when I got home, lots of “poor me” thinking. But I’d decided earlier today that even if I felt like shit (it’s a regular occurrence….) I’d put my sports bra and trainers and leggings on and just do the warm up and first circuit. Once I was doing it, I felt so chuffed with myself for talking myself round to doing it I kept going! I just did the first round of each circuit (I’m doing No More Trouble Zones) which took half an hour and was the perfect amount of effort and exertion. My doms from Monday kicked in today so I hope I can walk tomorrow. Thanks for the welcome and encouragement, and I hope my success tonight inspires someone to just do a bit - even 5 minutes is better than nothing isn’t it?

Gym this morning. YWA and 25-minute cardio last night. Will try to fit in another YWA tonight.

@illiterato I use the hip adductor/abductor machine as part of my rehab, love it. The one I loathe is the hamstring one. Which suggests it’s the one I need to work on most 😒

welcome @slightlysoreboobs . There are several of us mourning past feats of athleticism so you are definitely not alone. I've had to try quite hard to let go of what was and focus on building from where I am now and just aiming for incremental improvement. It took me probably 6 weeks to get into a solid routine but I'm now quite enjoying it and it has become something I just get on with rather than spending all day making excuses as to why I'm not doing it.

Went to the gym this morning. I normally do free weights Mon/Fri and then machines and accessory stuff on Wednesday. Rediscovered the hip abductor and adductor. Was waiting for another machine and thought I'd just do a few sets to kill time. Had forgotten about them and used to absolutely love them. Am hoping they will help my back squat which is um, not very impressive, even with lifters.

Can I join you please? I used to be a very enthusiastic exerciser, running, dance classes, yoga, dvds at home…. I’ve completely lost my mojo. I think of the things I used to be able to do and feel mournful that my body could not do any of that now. I’ve been kidding myself that 5 mins of yoga before bed is keeping my flexibility and fitness up and it’s just not. Better than nothing I know, but I do not feel good.

I started a few days ago when I saw this thread, just walking to work. And on Monday I dug out a Jillian Michaels dvd and tried to keep up with her 🤣

i did a yoga with Adrienne before bed last night.

Intend to do JM again after work today. I’ve written it here so I kind of have to report back.

i’ll hit 20K steps by bed, accrued between my normal work day and Get Fit With Rick. Yoga stretches done and the cat likes cat pose a lot.

Day 15 of healthy for 30 for me!

Bit of a cold at the moment so putting off going out. Missing it.

Terrible and v slow 6k run this morning - windy as hell and had to keep walking when I had 3k into the wind as just couldn’t keep my legs going. Plus had to keep crossing the road to avoid floods so hard to zone out. But, as I tell Myself, bad run better than no run.

Rick and Deepthi done, a short walk, and some yoga stretches. 11k steps so not too bad for a WFH day!

Gym this morning, and 25 minutes of yoga both this evening and yesterday evening 💪

3K run this afternoon; not my preferred time to do it as I find it easier to get out and run as close to first thing as possible, but I faffed around too much this morning. Ideally would have been 5K but I had a parcel to collect so I stopped at the shop and then walked back.

Got in the gym as planned- really didn't want to but it was fine once I got there and warmed up. I didn't feel super strong today - probably didn't eat enough yesterday - so kept my weights the same as last week.

10k steps done, a “get fit with Rick” and a “Dance with Deepthi”. I couldn’t be bothered with Adriene today but did some stretching with the cat insisting on joining in.

Yesterday was a bit of a write off but I managed to get a 13 mile Jeff in today. The time was just under 7m per km so not too far off the pace I used to run halfs at. My calves are screaming now though and the thought of having to run twice as far in April is quite daunting. The plan for the week is a cold water swim on Tuesday, 12km run on Wednesday, indoor swim on Thursday, 10km run on Friday and then a 10k race next Sunday as I think I need to give myself a bit of R&R from the long runs.

@illiterato that’s a good pace! The leaderboard is generated by Strava though not sure many look at it but nice to be in top ten even if person at top has done double by a mileage but she’s a super runner constantly training for the next marathon. I used to run starting back in 2012/2013 and then dropped it for a few years. I joined the club’s C25K during lockdown and taken it from there. I’m not as fast as I used to be but am older and heavier and definitely more injury prone.
My aim over Dec and Jan is to keep running so I’m not ‘getting back into it” as I feel myself saying this far too often. I’m doing the London Landmarks half in April and want to better a recent where I did it in 2.28 (limited training as I couldn’t be bothered and had Achilles problem that seemed to take a long time to go despite no running). I just need to ensure I don’t do too much or it will be injury time again and also try some cross training.

Just been out for a 6k run and managed to stay under 6mi/km which I was v happy about. Returned to no hot water which I was less happy about. Put the override on and hoping it's just that my kids had ridiculously long showers after rugby and used it all.

Next week plan is:

MWF: Strength training at the gym (usually 60-75 mins including a 15 min warm up on the cross trainer).

TTS or S: 6-7km run.Just aiming to stretch the distance a little. Easy to do on my usual route as just do another lap of the lake, avoiding the killer swans (sprint intervals).

@CherrySmiler I would love to run with a club but unfortunately the days/ times don't work for me at the moment. The leaderboard sounds like good motivation.

I posted here on Day 1 and promptly forgot about it. Not a great start….
However I have been trying. Since 22 Oct have:

• Did a 13km walk(on the 22nd to get myself started)
• Weymouth parkrun over half term
• Two 7km and one 5km run with running club
• Home parkrun yesterday
• And 13km long slow run this morning.